Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
# Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion (Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex) during the preliminary round and quarter-finals (August 14–August 24), and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches (August 27–August 29). A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Croatia (CRO) Venio Losert Vlado Šola Valter Matošević Nikša Kaleb Ivano Balić Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Drago Vuković Slavko Goluža Goran Šprem Denis Špoljarić Petar Metličić | Germany (GER) Henning Fritz Christian Ramota Pascal Hens Mark Dragunski Stefan Kretzschmar Jan Olaf Immel Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen Volker Zerbe Markus Baur Christian Zeitz Torsten Jansen Daniel Stephan Florian Kehrmann Frank von Behren | Russia (RUS) Andrey Lavrov Alexey Kostygov Vitali Ivanov Oleg Kuleshov Denis Krivoshlykov Aleksandr Tuchkin Vasily Kudinov Pavel Bashkin Dmitri Torgovanov Alexander Gorbatikov Alexey Rastvortsev Vyacheslav Gorpishin Sergey Pogorelov Mikhail Chipurin Eduard Koksharov |

## Qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Host nation | 5 September 1997 | Lausanne | 1 | Greece |
| 2003 World Championship | 20 January – 2 February 2003 | Portugal | 7 | Croatia Germany France Spain Russia Hungary Iceland |
| 2003 Pan American Games | 2–11 August 2003 | Santo Domingo | 1 | Brazil |
| African qualification tournament | 16–20 September 2003 | Luanda | 1 | Egypt |
| Asian qualification tournament | 23–28 September 2003 | Japan | 1 | South Korea |
| 2004 European Championship | 22 January – 1 February 2004 | Slovenia | 1 | Slovenia |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 129 | +17 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 137 | +17 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 145 | 0 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Iceland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 158 | −15 | 2 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 130 | 149 | −19 | 2 | |

* 1 2 South Korea 35–32 Russia
* 1 2 Iceland 30–25 Slovenia

| 14 August 2004 09:30 | Spain | 31–30 | South Korea | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 August 2004 09:30 | García 6 | (17–12) | Paek, Yoon Kyung-s. 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 14 August 2004 09:30 | 3× 8× 1× | | 4× 3× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 14 August 2004 14:30 | Russia | 28–25 | Slovenia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 14 August 2004 14:30 | Koksharov 9 | (16–13) | three players 4 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 14 August 2004 14:30 | 2× 8× 1× | | 3× 9× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 14 August 2004 19:30 | Croatia | 34–30 | Iceland | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 14 August 2004 19:30 | Metličić 8 | (16–12) | Stefánsson 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 14 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 9× | | 3× 7× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 16 August 2004 09:30 | South Korea | 35–32 | Russia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 16 August 2004 09:30 | Lee J., Yoon Kyung-s. 7 | (16–16) | Koksharov 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 16 August 2004 09:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 16 August 2004 11:30 | Slovenia | 26–27 | Croatia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 16 August 2004 11:30 | Brumen 10 | (10–13) | Vori 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 16 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 7× 2× | | 3× 7× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 16 August 2004 14:30 | Iceland | 23–31 | Spain | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 16 August 2004 14:30 | Stefánsson 6 | (12–13) | Duyshebaev, Romero 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 16 August 2004 14:30 | 2× 3× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 18 August 2004 09:30 | Croatia | 29–26 | South Korea | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 18 August 2004 09:30 | Džomba 9 | (12–10) | Yoon Kyung-s. 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 18 August 2004 09:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 18 August 2004 11:30 | Iceland | 30–25 | Slovenia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 18 August 2004 11:30 | G. Sigurðsson 7 | (10–10) | Rutenka 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 18 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 18 August 2004 19:30 | Spain | 29–26 | Russia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 18 August 2004 19:30 | three players 5 | (11–11) | Rastvortsev 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 18 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 7× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 20 August 2004 09:30 | South Korea | 34–30 | Iceland | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 20 August 2004 09:30 | Yoon Kyung-s. 12 | (16–13) | Stefánsson 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 20 August 2004 09:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 20 August 2004 11:30 | Spain | 41–28 | Slovenia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 20 August 2004 11:30 | Romero 7 | (18–15) | Pajovič, Tomšič 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 20 August 2004 11:30 | 2× 3× | | 4× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 20 August 2004 19:30 | Russia | 25–26 | Croatia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 20 August 2004 19:30 | Rastvortsev, Torgovanov 6 | (14–10) | Lacković 9 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 20 August 2004 19:30 | 2× 5× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 22 August 2004 09:30 | Slovenia | 26–23 | South Korea | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| 22 August 2004 09:30 | Rutenka 7 | (12–11) | Lee J. 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| 22 August 2004 09:30 | 4× 8× 1× | | 3× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| 22 August 2004 11:30 | Croatia | 30–22 | Spain | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 22 August 2004 11:30 | Džomba 7 | (15–9) | García 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 22 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 22 August 2004 19:30 | Russia | 34–30 | Iceland | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 22 August 2004 19:30 | Rastvortsev 10 | (17–11) | Stefánsson 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 22 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 5× | | 3× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 108 | +27 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 124 | +8 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 110 | +29 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Greece (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 130 | −13 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 133 | −28 | 2 | |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 133 | −23 | 0 | |
| 14 August 2004 11:30 | Hungary | 33–28 | Egypt | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 14 August 2004 11:30 | Pásztor 9 | (16–15) | Zaky 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 14 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 8× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 14 August 2004 16:30 | Germany | 28–18 | Greece | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 14 August 2004 16:30 | Kehrmann, Schwarzer 6 | (15–8) | Grammatikos 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 14 August 2004 16:30 | 2× 5× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 14 August 2004 21:30 | France | 31–17 | Brazil | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 14 August 2004 21:30 | Anquetil 7 | (14–6) | Justino, Silva 4 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 14 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 4× | | 2× 6× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 16 August 2004 16:30 | Greece | 25–29 | France | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 16 August 2004 16:30 | Karypidis 7 | (15–15) | Anquetil 9 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 16 August 2004 16:30 | 4× 9× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 16 August 2004 19:30 | Brazil | 19–20 | Hungary | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 16 August 2004 19:30 | Souza 5 | (10–10) | four players 3 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 16 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 16 August 2004 21:30 | Egypt | 14–26 | Germany | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 16 August 2004 21:30 | Yosry 4 | (5–14) | three players 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 16 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 11× 1× | | 3× 8× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 18 August 2004 14:30 | France | 26–23 | Hungary | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 18 August 2004 14:30 | Guigou 6 | (9–10) | Pérez 10 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 18 August 2004 14:30 | 4× 9× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 18 August 2004 16:30 | Greece | 26–25 | Egypt | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 18 August 2004 16:30 | Karypidis 10 | (18–10) | Keshk 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 18 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 8× | | 3× 4× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 18 August 2004 21:30 | Germany | 34–21 | Brazil | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 18 August 2004 21:30 | Kretzschmar, Stephan 7 | (18–12) | Souza 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 18 August 2004 21:30 | 2× 3× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 20 August 2004 14:30 | Brazil | 22–26 | Greece | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 20 August 2004 14:30 | Justino 6 | (9–13) | Grammatikos 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 20 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 20 August 2004 16:30 | Hungary | 30–29 | Germany | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 20 August 2004 16:30 | Nagy 11 | (17–14) | Kretzschmar 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 20 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 6× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 20 August 2004 21:30 | France | 22–21 | Egypt | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 20 August 2004 21:30 | Girault 8 | (11–13) | Keshk 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 20 August 2004 21:30 | 3× 5× | | 4× 8× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | Germany | 22–27 | France | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | Kehrmann, Schwarzer 5 | (12–11) | Fernandez 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | 2× 4× | | 2× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | Hungary | 26–22 | Greece | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | Pérez 7 | (12–12) | Voglis 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 22 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 1× | | 2× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO) |
| 22 August 2004 21:30 | Egypt | 22–26 | Brazil | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 22 August 2004 21:30 | Abdel Salam 5 | (11–10) | Kojoroski 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 22 August 2004 21:30 | 2× 3× | | 2× 7× 1× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |

## Knockout stage

In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round, held on August 24, at the Sports Pavilion. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, disputed at the Indoor Arena on August 27, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 August | 24 August | | | |
| Croatia | 33 | | | |
| Croatia | 33 | 27 August | 27 August | | |
| Greece | 27 | 27 August | 27 August | |
| Greece | 27 | Croatia | 33 | |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Croatia | 33 | |
| 24 August | 24 August | Hungary | 31 | |
| South Korea | 25 | Hungary | 31 | |
| South Korea | 25 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Hungary | 30 | | | | 29 August | 29 August |
| Hungary | 30 | | | | Croatia | 26 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | | | | Croatia | 26 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | | | Germany | 24 |
| Germany (pen.) | 32 | | | | Germany | 24 |
| Germany (pen.) | 32 | 27 August | 27 August | | | |
| Spain | 30 | 27 August | 27 August | | | |
| Spain | 30 | Germany | 21 | | | |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Germany | 21 | | | |
| 24 August | 24 August | Russia | 15 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| France | 24 | Russia | 15 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| France | 24 | | | | 28 August | 28 August |
| Russia | 26 | | | | 28 August | 28 August |
| Russia | 26 | | | | Hungary | 26 |
| | | | | | Russia | 28 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 27 August | 27 August |
| Greece | 29 |
| Greece | 29 | 28 August | 28 August |
| South Korea | 24 | 28 August | 28 August |
| South Korea | 24 | Greece | 15 |
| 27 August | 27 August | | Greece | 15 |
| 27 August | 27 August | France | 33 |
| Spain | 27 | France | 33 |
| France | 29 | | |
| France | 29 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 28 August | 28 August |
| | | South Korea | 24 |
| | | Spain | 31 |

### Quarterfinals

| 24 August 2004 14:30 | South Korea | 25–30 | Hungary | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 August 2004 14:30 | Yoon Kyung-s. 7 | (13–14) | Nagy 9 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 24 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 5× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| 24 August 2004 16:30 | Croatia | 33–27 | Greece | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 24 August 2004 16:30 | Džomba 11 | (19–11) | Alvanos, Balomenos 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 24 August 2004 16:30 | 3× | | 4× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 24 August 2004 19:30 | Germany | 32–30 (ET) | Spain | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 24 August 2004 19:30 | Schwarzer, Stephan 9 | (15–16) | Garcia 7 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 24 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |||
| 24 August 2004 22:05 | France | 24–26 | Russia | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 24 August 2004 22:05 | Abati 6 | (14–13) | Ivanov, Koksharov 5 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 24 August 2004 22:05 | 3× 2× | | 3× 3× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 27 August 2004 11:30 | Greece | 29–24 | South Korea | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 August 2004 11:30 | Balomenos 8 | (16–9) | Yoon Kyung-s. 6 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 27 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 6× 1× | | 3× 1× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| 27 August 2004 09:30 | Spain | 27–29 | France | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 27 August 2004 09:30 | Romero, Ortega 5 | (13–11) | Burdet, Girault 8 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| 27 August 2004 09:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 4× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |

### Semifinals

| 27 August 2004 14:30 | Croatia | 33–31 | Hungary | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 August 2004 14:30 | Balić 9 | (18–16) | Pérez 8 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 27 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 3× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL) |
| 27 August 2004 16:30 | Germany | 21–15 | Russia | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 27 August 2004 16:30 | Kretzschmar 5 | (9–10) | Torgovanov 5 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
| 27 August 2004 16:30 | 3× 4× 1× | | 2× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |

### Eleventh place game

| 24 August 2004 09:30 | Slovenia | 30–24 | Egypt | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 August 2004 09:30 | Brumen, Žvižej 6 | (11–13) | Yosry 6 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 24 August 2004 09:30 | 1× 7× 1× | | 1× 5× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |

### Ninth place game

| 24 August 2004 11:30 | Brazil | 25–29 | Iceland | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 August 2004 11:30 | Souza, Tupan 6 | (11–13) | G. Sigurðsson 8 | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| 24 August 2004 11:30 | 3× 5× 1× | | 4× 2× | Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY) |

### Seventh place game

| 28 August 2004 14:30 | South Korea | 24–31 | Spain | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 August 2004 14:30 | Yoon Kyung-s. 7 | (11–12) | Colón 7 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG) |
| 28 August 2004 14:30 | 3× 2× | | 3× 2× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG) |

### Fifth place game

| 28 August 2004 19:30 | Greece | 15–33 | France | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 August 2004 19:30 | Grammatikos 7 | (7–17) | Fernandez 9 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| 28 August 2004 19:30 | 3× 6× | | 2× 3× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |

### Bronze medal game

| 28 August 2004 21:30 | Hungary | 26–28 | Russia | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 August 2004 21:30 | Pérez 10 | (10–13) | Koksharov 8 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |
| 28 August 2004 21:30 | 2× 5× | | 4× 4× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE) |

### Gold medal game

| 29 August 2004 16:45 | Croatia | 26–24 | Germany | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 August 2004 16:45 | Džomba 9 | (11–12) | Kretzschmar 9 | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| 29 August 2004 16:45 | 3× 2× | | 3× 5× | Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
